Cold Wave Prompts Travel Warning In Kansas
Kansas forecast warns of freezing drizzle turning to light snow ending by morning. Temperatures fall from 42 to 10-15 by Saturday. northwest to 5 below. Highway patrol reports icy bridge spots but no major hazards as light snow spreads statewide.
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Highway Patrol
Ottawa
State Highway Patrol
Topeka
Kansas
Associated Press
Richard Garrett
Kansas Highway Patrol
Garrett
Goodland
Pittsburg
Winter Storm Hits Montana
Severe snow and cold swept the Rocky Mountain region and Midwest with Montana reporting over two feet of snow in places. Montana towns like Helena had 17 inches while Butte endured 37 below zero. seven Montana storm deaths and multiple highway fatalities were noted as the storm disrupted travel and closed schools across the area.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Continental Divide
Midwest
Montana
Helena
Mont
Butte
Glasgow
Wyoming
Sheridan
Cody
Moorcroft
Cheyenne
Colorado
Limon
Akron
Colorado-Kansas Line
Canada
Rockies
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Plains
Ponca City
Okla
Texas Panhandle
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Missoula
Billings
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Vehicle Skids Claim Life on Icy Highway Near El Dorado
Nine year old Shirley Fuller of Newton was killed when an ice coated highway caused her station wagon to strike a wrecker 11 miles southeast of El Dorado. Her parents Ray and Mary Fuller and uncle Bill Reed Jr. were injured. all were hospitalized. The family was en route to Fredonia for funeral services for Mrs. Fuller’s father.
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FL Dorado
Kas
Newton
Shirley Fuller
Ray Fuller
Highway Patrol
el Dorado
Vic Mestan
Wichita
Fuller
Mary. Fuller
Missing $90 to $100 From Chanute Woman’s Purse
Chanute resident Mrs. Bessie Greene reports theft of $90 to $100 from her purse while it lay on a kitchen table. She says she returned home from Owl Drive Inn and went to bed. the next morning she found the kitchen door open and the billfold with money missing.
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Bessie Greene
S. Santa Fe
Kansas City Drive Brings Record Gifts for United Campaign
In the Kansas City metropolitan area, the 1959 United Campaign raised a record 5,074,143 dollars as 20,000 volunteers across five counties pushed the drive to exceed the goal by 47,483.74 dollars despite strikes and layoffs. A late surge from small firms and individuals pushed the total over the mark.
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Kansas City
United Campaign
Forest Service Worker Accused of Setting Fire
Pasadena AP report states William D. Grater Jr. 20 of Tujunga is accused of started the Angeles Crest fire last month. The blaze killed two people, burned 14 388 acres of watershed and caused about 12 million dollars in damage. Grater was booked on suspicion of arson Thursday night.
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Pasadena
Calif
U. S. Forest Service
Angeles Crest
William D. Grater Jr
Tujunga
Ars
Electrical outage hits southeast town for 22 minutes
The power interruption lasted about 22 minutes starting around 8 40 a m in the southeast area. City line foreman George Eaton attributed the outage to a tree limb on 1st Street between Highland and Evergreen.
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George Eaton
City Power Plant
1St Street
Highland
Evergreen
Bond proposal for Cassaday High School fails again
El Dorado Kansas residents defeated a $175000 bond issue for Cassaday High School improvements in a special election by a 119 to 109 vote. This marks the third time the proposal has been defeated, underscoring ongoing local opposition to funding.
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EL Dorado, Kas
Cassaday High School
Colorful Ike Meets Mamie In Augusta
In Augusta Georgia President Eisenhower greets First Lady Mamie arriving by train. Mrs Eisenhower notes the sun may not shine but Ike reassures her with a planned golf afternoon. The couple celebrate her upcoming birthday with a private dinner.
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Ike
Mamie
Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Augusta National Golf Course
Augusta National
White House
Mrs. Eisenhower
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report For 24 Hours
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 488 fatalities for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. To date in 1959, the comparable period in 1958 also records 488 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Shooting Fray at Camp Libertad Leaves Officers Dead
At Camp Libertad headquarters of the Cuban army in Havana a shooting fray killed a major and two corporals and wounded a captain. Military authorities blamed identity confusion and announced an ongoing investigation with a full report to follow.
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Havana
Camp
Libertad
Army
Chanute Joins 13 Cities To Urge Water Agency
Chanute joined 13 other Kansas cities at a Wichita meeting urging a centralized federal water agency to coordinate nationwide water projects. Mayor Harold R. Williams and others from Chanute attended as state leaders explained creating a water finance corporation to standardize aid and planning. The conference, which included Wichita and Topeka, sought a unified approach for flood control and water conservation over the next two decades.
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Chanute
Kansas Cities
Wichita
Harold R. Williams
Dallce Rush
R. J. Hayes
W. K. Moffatt
Moffatt
Kansas Sewage and Industrial Wastes Assn
Congress
Water Finance Corporation
Reconstruction
Finance Corp
Topeka
U. S. Senate Committee On National Water Resources
Arkansas City
Augusta
Coffeyville
Hutchinson
Junction City
Kansas City
McPherson
Marion
Parsons
Salina
Winfield
Associated Press
Senate Public Works Committee
Interior Committee
Agriculture Committee
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congressional Appropriations
Senate
House
Skubitz
McGuire Worried Over Neosho County Refuge Project
State Rep. G R McGuire of Neosho County warns Southeast Kansas sportsmen may lose 3000 acres of land and federal funding for the Neosho County wildlife refuge near St Paul. He cites delays by Kan jams Fish and Game commissioner Bill Fowler and a postponed commission meeting as delaying approval and vows to rally local sportsmen.
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G. R. McGuire
Neosho County
St. Paul
Kansas
Rep. McGuire
McGuire
Weir
Bill Fowler
Kan Jams Fish and Game
Commission
Topeka
Fowler
Dave Leahy
C. E. Kaup
Leng
Elsmore
George Docking
Leahy
Fish and Game Commission
A. H. Alcock
Chanute
Alcock
Lee Wasser
Bloodmobile to Collect in Neosho County Dec 1
Red Cross blood collection led by Mrs. Robert Lopeman will be held at the First Methodist Church from 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. The December drive aims to collect 160 pints and is the county's only scheduled visit.
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Red Cross
Robert Lopeman
Neosho County
Unmanned diesel locomotive runs 22 miles before stopping
A 123 ton diesel locomotive left with brakes on rolled 22 miles from Johnston Avenue yards in Jersey City. Jersey Central officials sent a second engine to couple and halt the runaway, with engineer Chester A Gudmunson playing a key role in guiding the operation.
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Jersey City
N.J
Johnston Avenue
Jersey Central
Chester
Jersey Central Railroad
Gudmunson
Three Deputies Fire Fight Public Demand in Memphis
Three deputies fired by Sheriff M A Hinds announce plans to fight the accusations they were intimate with women prisoners at the jail. In a radio broadcast all three deny the claim and call for further investigation to prompt sheriff action. The accusers are J C Lowry 25 and Kenneth Mattox 22 and David Climer 27 all married, serving as jailors in the county jail women's dormitory.
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Memphis, Tenn
M. A. Hinds
J. C. Lowry
Kenneth Mattox
David Climer
Five Children Perish in Fire in Markham
A snowstorm engulfed a one story Markham home as five children aged 1 to 4 died in a Chicago area blaze. Police say the mother, across the street, entered the house and saved four children but all perished. the fifth was found in the kitchen. The victims were Philip Reddick, 1. Michael Reddick, 3. Myra Riddick, 1. Ted Riddick, 3. and Gail Riddick, not yet aged. The Reddicks are brothers and the families are Negro.
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Chicago
Markham
Hamlet Reddick
Phillip
Michael
Albert Riddick
Myra
Ted
Gail
Reddicks
Cessna Secures First Missile Contract from Boeing
Cessna Aircraft Co. of Wichita announced it received a contract from Boeing Airplane Co. to produce containers for the Minute Man intercontinental ballistic missile. It marks Cessna's first missile contract.
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Wichita
Cessna Aircraft Co
Boeing Airplane Co
Cessna
Surplus Question Looms In 1961 Kansas Budget Talks
Republican leaders in Topeka weighed the 1961 state budget outlook amid uncertain surplus figures. Estimates ranged from 15 to 25 million dollars as GOP lawmakers cautioned that deficiencies, a poor crop year, or a prolonged steel strike could cut any surplus.
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Topeka
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Legislative
GOP
Legislative Council
Jess Taylor
R-Tribune
Anderson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Budget Department
George Docking
August Lauterbach
Colby
Senate
Vern Hosington
Paradise
Paul Wunsch
Post Office to Expand Instant Transmission Facsimile Tests
The Post Office Department plans to widen tests of instant letter transmission using AT T tele vision channels linking Washington Detroit and Washington Battle Creek Mich One channel will send letter text while the other monitors reception The FCC noted tests will handle only test matter and internal government mail and denied public correspondence usage Western Union opposed further facsimile tests but FCC approved due to urgent need for testing
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Washington
Post Office Department
Federal Communications Commission
American ‘Telephone & Telegraph Co
Post Office
Los Angeles
FCC
Commission
Western Union Telegraph Co
Steel Shortage Hits Chrysler Factory Shutdown Looms
Detroit AP report says a steel shortage halts Chrysler operations with the Detroit Imperial plant ending today and 1,100 workers idled plus 230 more at the gear and axle plant. Chrysler across plants plans shortened weeks while Ford, AMC, and Studebaker-Packard brace for supply delays and pre strike inventories.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Detroit Imperial
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
Blonde Actress Linked as Leo Durocher’s New Partner
New York AP report says 26 year old Larri Thomas from Wayne Pennsylvania is the latest romantic interest of baseball manager Leo Durocher. Durocher, 54, separated from Laraine Day after a 12 year marriage. the Mirror notes Thomas traveled to Hollywood to pursue acting and has been seen with Durocher since their meeting in California last summer.
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NEW York (Ap
Leo Durocher
Hollywood
Larri Thomas
The
New York Mirror
Laraine Day
Durocher
Beverly Hills
Calif
Larri
Wayne, Pa
Charles E. Thomas
Wayne
California
Flood Control Assn Meeting Set in Burlington
The Neo sho Cottonwood Flood Control and Water Conservation Assn meets Monday in Burlington with a Chanute delegation. O H Cunningham of the chamber urges attendance. transportation is provided. The program, 11 a m, includes Sen Andrew Schoeppel as speaker and a tour of John Redmond dam site.
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Burlington
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
O. H. Cunningham
Chamber
Memorial Building
Cunningham
Association
Andrew F. Schoeppel
John Redmond
Neosho
E. E. Zastrow
Les Phillips
Ralph Chapman
Bill Young
Joe G. Lewis
Gordon Barker
Wisconsin DA Resigns Over $11495 Misappropriation
Dearie R. Bascom a 39 year old county district attorney and polio victim resigned after admitting to misappropriating $11495 from funds while serving as a justice of the peace. Gov Nelson appointed Henry Renard and an investigation was ordered.
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West Bend
Wis
Dearie R. Bascom
Gaylord Nelson
Washington County
Milwaukee
Madison
State Auditor
Justices For the Peace
James H. McDermott
Attorney General
Henry Renard
Justices of the Peace
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Forest Service
Fray
Cuba
Sam Turk
Frontenac
Turk
A.E. Howse
Wichita City
Cheney Reservoir
Joe Skubitz
Andrew Schoeppel
R-Kas
St. Paul Refuge
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